In a situation where you were doing an arbitrage (renting it from the owner, then yourself re-renting it to someone else) your costs to renovate/fix it up while you're using it would be able to be capitalized and depreciated by you once your rental was in service (available for rent to others). 

Originally posted by @Toby Khan:Hey guys-if you can refer me to lawn service companies-who you use, are they good-that would be great.

This is just my opinion and most likely wrong, but the US and its printing of money put themselves in this hole where now their debt is expensive to service which is why rates are high.

I have no debt aside from the properties and regular monthly credit card debt.

if you are going to do things like include utilities, or have an off street parking spot, other amenities etc, there's no reason in my mind you couldn't "charge a premium" for a premium unit/service. 

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

Trying to read between the lines it sounds like you have a regular owner occupied homeowners policy in place on a rental property. 

Hi @Augusta OwensFirst off thank you for your service! 

If you are trying to come up with a way to finagle the occupancy requirements while using an amazing loan (that you earned based on your service) like a VA, I would say you are starting off on the wrong foot.

I also am in the industry already so I have a few regular networking groups and events that I attend.